{"id":184,"date":"2019-04-07T08:20:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T08:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drrpadmakumar.com\/blog\/?p=184"},"modified":"2019-10-12T07:40:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T07:40:37","slug":"bariatric-metabolic-surgery-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drrpadmakumar.com\/blog\/bariatric-metabolic-surgery-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery – Faculty at GEM Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. R. Padmakumar as faculty at conference\/workshop held by GEM Hospital and Research Center<\/a>, Thrissur, on April 6 and 7, 2019. Dr. Padmakumar spoke on the topic of “Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: Options”. As part of continuing medical education programme and campaign towards excellence in Minimal Access Surgery, this conference was conducted as a Twin Theme Conference\/Workshop on Hernia and Bariatric Surgery on April 6th and 7th 2019 and held at Lulu Convention Centre Thrissu<\/a>r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The conference focused on two core areas of minimal access surgery – Hernia Surgery and Bariatric Surgery, which are undergoing rapid changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Padmakumar as faculty at
Twin Theme Conference & Workshop
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Twin Theme Conference on
Hernia and Bariatric Surgery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bariatrics <\/strong>is the branch of medicine that deals with obesity, the causes, prevention and treatment of obesity. Bariatric Surgery is considered in people struggling with severe obesity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metabolic Surgery<\/strong> is the term used to describe treatments and procedures for weight loss<\/strong> to treat metabolic<\/strong> diseases, especially, type 2 diabetes.
Obesity is considered a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different Bariatric Procedures include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n